Mitch Bouyer

Mitch Bouyer (1837-25 June 1876) was a Native American scout for the United States whom General John Gibbon said was the second-best American scout behind Jim Bridger. He was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.

Biography
Mitch Bouyer was born in 1837, the son of a French Canadian fur trapper and a Sioux mother. His father was killed while trapping in 1863, and Mitch began to work as an interpreter at Fort Phil Kearny in 1868. Later, he became a guide for the US 2nd Cavalry Regiment and then sent to be an interpreter for the Crow scouts in the US 7th Cavalry Regiment under Colonel George Armstrong Custer. Bouyer was killed alongside Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, taking part in Custer's last stand.